the SovieT
13th July 2003, 21:55
This was in Chit-Chat, but it was sooooo cool taht i decided to put it here too..
where it deserves some Marx damn righteous respect..
so here it is:
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25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE! 25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE!25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE! 25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE!25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE! 25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE!25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE! 25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE!
*snif* i remeber it as if t was yesterday...
it started in 25 april´s 1974 early morning... "Grandola Vila Morena" passed in the national radio... a well known comunist song prohibited by the corrupt, violent, imperialistic fascist state...
the progressist soldiers rebeled... latter the population would go out in the streets suporting MFA (movimento das Forças armadas- armed forces movement) and the coup-d'etat turned into a revolution...
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/mfanatal.jpg
but who bether than me than Coimbra´s university itself to explain this glorious moment of our country?
[size=20]"The Portuguese Revolution of 25th April"
In the early morning hours of 25 April 1974 Jose Afonso's banned protest song "Grandola, Vila Morena" was broadcast on Portuguese radio. The playing of that song was a secret signal to a group of rebel officers to move against the regime. By the end of the day these rebels, calling themselves the Armed Forces Movement (MFA), had defeated loyal units and put an end to Portugal's fortyeight year old dictatorship.
As news of the coup spread, large crowds gathered in Lisbon and around the country, enthusiastically applauded the MFA officers, and placed carnations in their guns. The celebrations continued for days, prompting the respected Lisbon weekly Expresso to cornment that "in the streets, cafes, city buses, the feeling is of joy. The norrnally sad-looking Portuguese radiates with the perspective of his country's liberation from a regime which had dominated it for so long.''l
The national euphoria did not last long. Unlike the Spanish transition to democracy, there was no slow and gradual process of political reform in Portugal. After the coup, the MFA was confronted with a tabula rasa: that is, it had to make fundamental choices involving the new type of government, economy and society to be designed. The problem was that in spite of its apparently coherent "three d's" political program, which promised democracy, decolonization and development, the MFA was not a unified body. Some officers wanted reforms, others were in favor of radical social transformations, and still others sought the creation of a liberal democratic state. So, although the MFA's military preparation had led to a swift and successful coup, its lack of political preparation resulted in an extended period of ideological conflict. In the following two year period, there were six provisional governments, two presidents, a failed right-wing coup attempt, a failed left-wing coup attempt, three elections, countless seizures of land and housing, bombings, strikes, demonstrations and still more turmoil. Yet, surprisingly, and contrary to the expectations of most observers, national political players committed to a democratic system managed to prevail and craft a democratic system in July of 1976.
notice, that in 1976 the "democratic system prevailed"...
this meaning, that after the counter revolutionary process of 1975 (backed by CIA let me say) instaured a liberal bourgeois democracy...
and needless to say that the (excelent) reforms of the provisorial goverment were then anhilated.. (those being the democratization of cuture, the nationalization of the national resources, the agrarian reform who took land from the big owners and latifundiarys and gave it to the small farmers and peasents... amongst other policys)
so you got a taste of "democracy"
but moving along to our glorious party:
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/pcp.gif
Portuguese Communist Party (PCP)
Founded on the 6th of March 1921 by former anarchists and members of the Maximalist Federation, its first Secretary General was José Carlos Rates. After a two year period of internal organization, a process supervised by Bento Gonçalves, the PCP held its first Congress on the 10th of November 1923. Other Congresses took place in 1926, 1946, 1957 and 1965. In 1931, the first edition of Avante, the official newspaper of the PCP was published. The party participated in MUD (Movimento de Unidade Democrática [Democratic Union Movement]) from 1945 to 1948, date of the movement's dissolution. In the 1949 presidential election it supported the Democratic Opposition's candidate, Norton de Matos. That same year, a fracture promoted by Rui Luís Gomes' National Democratic Movement was controlled by the PCP. Still in 1949, the party suffered the growing persecution of Salazar's regime leading to the prison of many of its activists including Álvaro Cunhal. In 1961, and after a successful escape from Peniche Forte along with other prisoners, Álvaro Cunhal was elected Secretary General. In 1964 the party was unable to control a division in the Central Committee between Cunhal's supporters and a revolutionary so called "pro-China" faction. The latter led to birth of the Portuguese Marxist Leninist Committee/Popular Action Front (FAP-cml) headed by Francisco Martins Rodrigues. In the 1969 elections for the National Assembly, the PCP supported the CDE against CEUD. While still underground, the party created UEC (Union of Communist Students), UJC (Union of Communist Youth) and ARA (Revolutionary Armed Action). After the 25th of April 1974, the PCP participated in the first five Temporary Governments. It obtained 16.4% of the votes in the first election and 8.8% in the 1991 legislative elections. Carlos Brito, Dias Lourenço and Luís Sá are, among others, members of the Central Committee. In 1992 Carlos Carvalhas was elected Secretary-General in substitution of Álvaro Cunhal.
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/pcp2.gif
about our glorious leader and hero A. Cunhal:
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/alvacunh.gif
Álvaro Cunhal (b.1913)
Prominent communist leader, he majored in Law at Lisbon University in 1935 and was elected, that year, General Secretary of the Communist Youth. In 1949-51 he promoted the reorganization of the PCP and in 1961 he was elected General Secretary of the party, rank he held until 1992. Most of his life was passed in prison, as a clandestine or in exile. After the 25th of April 1974, he returned to Portugal having been minister without office in the first Temporary Governments. Charismatic and undefied leader, he has been influential in Portuguese politics and social movements. He is a member of the State Council since 1982.
also other men of the revolution:
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/amilcabr.gif
Amílcar Cabral (1924 - 1973)
Amílcar Cabral, an agronomy engineer, was born in Guinea Bissau in 1924. In 1954 he founded the Anti colonialist Movement in Lisbon and two years later the PAIGC, becoming one of its main leaders. In September of 1960 the PAIGC organized a petition demanding from the Portuguese government the recognition of Guinea and Cabo Verde's people to self-determination. His assassination in Conakry in 1973 was perpetrated by the political police PIDE/DGS.
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José Dias Coelho ( d.1961)
In his youth José Dias Coelho joined the Antifascist Academic Front and later on, as a student of the Art Academy of Lisbon, he was a member of the Juvenile MUD. In 1947 he participated in a number of student combats. He was one of the students that most actively pressed for the creation of an Academic Association in the Art Academy, for the defense of peace and against the 1952 NATO meeting in Lisbon. As a consequence of this action, he was expelled from the Art Academy, prohibited to enroll in any other faculty of the country and dismissed from his teaching position in the technical section of the educational system. He joined the PCP in his early twenties and was a clandestine worker of the party when he assassinated by PIDE on the 19th of December 1961 on Lusíadas street in Lisbon.
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/salgmaia.gif
Salgueiro Maia (1944-1992)
Military official of recognized merit, superiority intelligent and unusually courageous and loyal, it was said that Salgueiro Maia "was the best amongst the best of the courageous and the generous military officials of the April Revolution". He was born in Castelo de Vide on the 1st of July, 1944. He went to Secondary School in Tomar (Colégio Nun'Álvares) and in Leiria (Liceu Nacional). He entered the Military Academy in 1964 and, in 1966, Santarém's "Escola Prática de Cavalaria". As a Captain, he fought in the Colonial Wars of Guinea and Mozambique. He was one of the active members of the MFA. On the 25th of April 1974 he commanded the military personnel that marched into Lisbon, from the EPC of Santarém, occupying the "Terreiro do Paço". Later Salgueiro Maia's men surrounded Carmo Military Police Headquarters, leading to the surrender of Marcelo Ceatano. He was an active member of the MFA Assembly but did not accept any political position in the post 25th of April period. On the 3rd of April 1992, as a victim of cancer, he died in Santarém.
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/octpato.gif
Octávio Pato
Being one of the PCP's main leaders and one of its clandestine workers, he was confined in prison for many years. He denounced, during his political trial, the tortures inflicted on him in prison. As a member of the Juvenile MUD's Central Commission he was responsible for the organization of the young workers' commissions. After the 25th of April, he was a candidate to the 1976 Presidential Election.
AND NOW THE BAD GUY!!!:
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/salazar.gif
(aint he pig ugly?Our beloved A. Cunhal is zillions and zillions of times more beautifull and sexy..)
António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970)
Politician born in Santa Comba Dão (Viseu), he began his studies to be a priest but abandoned the religious career in 1910 to study Law at Coimbra University, where he would later pursue a teaching career (1917-1926). After the 28th of May 1926 "coup" that put an end to the First Republic, he accepted the office of Minister of Finance, but only for a scarce 13 days. Back in Coimbra, he continued his academic career only to be, shortly after, requested to return to office for, without him, the government felt unable to cope with the severe economic crisis that affected the country. Salazar was made to appear as a godsend rescuer. He accepted the position but imposed conditions and, before long, he was not only in control of the finances, but also of the government's policies. In 1932 he became President of the Council only leaving the office on the 6th of September 1968 due to his disabling illness. Originally from a poor peasant catholic family, Salazar revealed himself to be extremely conservative and authoritarian in politics. He energetically fought against all forms of opposition and liberalization. He did yield to pressures made by the colonies' liberation movements and by the United Nations to force Portugal to change its policies and accompany the evolution of international politics by putting an end to its colonial empire.
He was also a big motherfucker and liked to suck cocks.
motherfucking son of a stupid irritating *****...
ok and with this i leave you..
farewell and remeber [b][size=20]25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE!
where it deserves some Marx damn righteous respect..
so here it is:
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/menino.gif
25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE! 25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE!25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE! 25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE!25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE! 25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE!25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE! 25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE!
*snif* i remeber it as if t was yesterday...
it started in 25 april´s 1974 early morning... "Grandola Vila Morena" passed in the national radio... a well known comunist song prohibited by the corrupt, violent, imperialistic fascist state...
the progressist soldiers rebeled... latter the population would go out in the streets suporting MFA (movimento das Forças armadas- armed forces movement) and the coup-d'etat turned into a revolution...
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/mfanatal.jpg
but who bether than me than Coimbra´s university itself to explain this glorious moment of our country?
[size=20]"The Portuguese Revolution of 25th April"
In the early morning hours of 25 April 1974 Jose Afonso's banned protest song "Grandola, Vila Morena" was broadcast on Portuguese radio. The playing of that song was a secret signal to a group of rebel officers to move against the regime. By the end of the day these rebels, calling themselves the Armed Forces Movement (MFA), had defeated loyal units and put an end to Portugal's fortyeight year old dictatorship.
As news of the coup spread, large crowds gathered in Lisbon and around the country, enthusiastically applauded the MFA officers, and placed carnations in their guns. The celebrations continued for days, prompting the respected Lisbon weekly Expresso to cornment that "in the streets, cafes, city buses, the feeling is of joy. The norrnally sad-looking Portuguese radiates with the perspective of his country's liberation from a regime which had dominated it for so long.''l
The national euphoria did not last long. Unlike the Spanish transition to democracy, there was no slow and gradual process of political reform in Portugal. After the coup, the MFA was confronted with a tabula rasa: that is, it had to make fundamental choices involving the new type of government, economy and society to be designed. The problem was that in spite of its apparently coherent "three d's" political program, which promised democracy, decolonization and development, the MFA was not a unified body. Some officers wanted reforms, others were in favor of radical social transformations, and still others sought the creation of a liberal democratic state. So, although the MFA's military preparation had led to a swift and successful coup, its lack of political preparation resulted in an extended period of ideological conflict. In the following two year period, there were six provisional governments, two presidents, a failed right-wing coup attempt, a failed left-wing coup attempt, three elections, countless seizures of land and housing, bombings, strikes, demonstrations and still more turmoil. Yet, surprisingly, and contrary to the expectations of most observers, national political players committed to a democratic system managed to prevail and craft a democratic system in July of 1976.
notice, that in 1976 the "democratic system prevailed"...
this meaning, that after the counter revolutionary process of 1975 (backed by CIA let me say) instaured a liberal bourgeois democracy...
and needless to say that the (excelent) reforms of the provisorial goverment were then anhilated.. (those being the democratization of cuture, the nationalization of the national resources, the agrarian reform who took land from the big owners and latifundiarys and gave it to the small farmers and peasents... amongst other policys)
so you got a taste of "democracy"
but moving along to our glorious party:
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/pcp.gif
Portuguese Communist Party (PCP)
Founded on the 6th of March 1921 by former anarchists and members of the Maximalist Federation, its first Secretary General was José Carlos Rates. After a two year period of internal organization, a process supervised by Bento Gonçalves, the PCP held its first Congress on the 10th of November 1923. Other Congresses took place in 1926, 1946, 1957 and 1965. In 1931, the first edition of Avante, the official newspaper of the PCP was published. The party participated in MUD (Movimento de Unidade Democrática [Democratic Union Movement]) from 1945 to 1948, date of the movement's dissolution. In the 1949 presidential election it supported the Democratic Opposition's candidate, Norton de Matos. That same year, a fracture promoted by Rui Luís Gomes' National Democratic Movement was controlled by the PCP. Still in 1949, the party suffered the growing persecution of Salazar's regime leading to the prison of many of its activists including Álvaro Cunhal. In 1961, and after a successful escape from Peniche Forte along with other prisoners, Álvaro Cunhal was elected Secretary General. In 1964 the party was unable to control a division in the Central Committee between Cunhal's supporters and a revolutionary so called "pro-China" faction. The latter led to birth of the Portuguese Marxist Leninist Committee/Popular Action Front (FAP-cml) headed by Francisco Martins Rodrigues. In the 1969 elections for the National Assembly, the PCP supported the CDE against CEUD. While still underground, the party created UEC (Union of Communist Students), UJC (Union of Communist Youth) and ARA (Revolutionary Armed Action). After the 25th of April 1974, the PCP participated in the first five Temporary Governments. It obtained 16.4% of the votes in the first election and 8.8% in the 1991 legislative elections. Carlos Brito, Dias Lourenço and Luís Sá are, among others, members of the Central Committee. In 1992 Carlos Carvalhas was elected Secretary-General in substitution of Álvaro Cunhal.
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/pcp2.gif
about our glorious leader and hero A. Cunhal:
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/alvacunh.gif
Álvaro Cunhal (b.1913)
Prominent communist leader, he majored in Law at Lisbon University in 1935 and was elected, that year, General Secretary of the Communist Youth. In 1949-51 he promoted the reorganization of the PCP and in 1961 he was elected General Secretary of the party, rank he held until 1992. Most of his life was passed in prison, as a clandestine or in exile. After the 25th of April 1974, he returned to Portugal having been minister without office in the first Temporary Governments. Charismatic and undefied leader, he has been influential in Portuguese politics and social movements. He is a member of the State Council since 1982.
also other men of the revolution:
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/amilcabr.gif
Amílcar Cabral (1924 - 1973)
Amílcar Cabral, an agronomy engineer, was born in Guinea Bissau in 1924. In 1954 he founded the Anti colonialist Movement in Lisbon and two years later the PAIGC, becoming one of its main leaders. In September of 1960 the PAIGC organized a petition demanding from the Portuguese government the recognition of Guinea and Cabo Verde's people to self-determination. His assassination in Conakry in 1973 was perpetrated by the political police PIDE/DGS.
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/josedico.gif
José Dias Coelho ( d.1961)
In his youth José Dias Coelho joined the Antifascist Academic Front and later on, as a student of the Art Academy of Lisbon, he was a member of the Juvenile MUD. In 1947 he participated in a number of student combats. He was one of the students that most actively pressed for the creation of an Academic Association in the Art Academy, for the defense of peace and against the 1952 NATO meeting in Lisbon. As a consequence of this action, he was expelled from the Art Academy, prohibited to enroll in any other faculty of the country and dismissed from his teaching position in the technical section of the educational system. He joined the PCP in his early twenties and was a clandestine worker of the party when he assassinated by PIDE on the 19th of December 1961 on Lusíadas street in Lisbon.
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/salgmaia.gif
Salgueiro Maia (1944-1992)
Military official of recognized merit, superiority intelligent and unusually courageous and loyal, it was said that Salgueiro Maia "was the best amongst the best of the courageous and the generous military officials of the April Revolution". He was born in Castelo de Vide on the 1st of July, 1944. He went to Secondary School in Tomar (Colégio Nun'Álvares) and in Leiria (Liceu Nacional). He entered the Military Academy in 1964 and, in 1966, Santarém's "Escola Prática de Cavalaria". As a Captain, he fought in the Colonial Wars of Guinea and Mozambique. He was one of the active members of the MFA. On the 25th of April 1974 he commanded the military personnel that marched into Lisbon, from the EPC of Santarém, occupying the "Terreiro do Paço". Later Salgueiro Maia's men surrounded Carmo Military Police Headquarters, leading to the surrender of Marcelo Ceatano. He was an active member of the MFA Assembly but did not accept any political position in the post 25th of April period. On the 3rd of April 1992, as a victim of cancer, he died in Santarém.
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/octpato.gif
Octávio Pato
Being one of the PCP's main leaders and one of its clandestine workers, he was confined in prison for many years. He denounced, during his political trial, the tortures inflicted on him in prison. As a member of the Juvenile MUD's Central Commission he was responsible for the organization of the young workers' commissions. After the 25th of April, he was a candidate to the 1976 Presidential Election.
AND NOW THE BAD GUY!!!:
http://members.odinsrage.com/redoctober/salazar.gif
(aint he pig ugly?Our beloved A. Cunhal is zillions and zillions of times more beautifull and sexy..)
António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970)
Politician born in Santa Comba Dão (Viseu), he began his studies to be a priest but abandoned the religious career in 1910 to study Law at Coimbra University, where he would later pursue a teaching career (1917-1926). After the 28th of May 1926 "coup" that put an end to the First Republic, he accepted the office of Minister of Finance, but only for a scarce 13 days. Back in Coimbra, he continued his academic career only to be, shortly after, requested to return to office for, without him, the government felt unable to cope with the severe economic crisis that affected the country. Salazar was made to appear as a godsend rescuer. He accepted the position but imposed conditions and, before long, he was not only in control of the finances, but also of the government's policies. In 1932 he became President of the Council only leaving the office on the 6th of September 1968 due to his disabling illness. Originally from a poor peasant catholic family, Salazar revealed himself to be extremely conservative and authoritarian in politics. He energetically fought against all forms of opposition and liberalization. He did yield to pressures made by the colonies' liberation movements and by the United Nations to force Portugal to change its policies and accompany the evolution of international politics by putting an end to its colonial empire.
He was also a big motherfucker and liked to suck cocks.
motherfucking son of a stupid irritating *****...
ok and with this i leave you..
farewell and remeber [b][size=20]25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE!